Headline making cases across the country involving the illegal sale of body parts, has lost a state lawmaker to introduce legislation to strengthen Kentucky's law against abuse of a corpse under Senate Bill 221.

Anyone who knowingly purchases, sells or transfers a body or body parts that has been authorized for cremation or burial would be guilty of a felony.

On Thursday, some members of the Judiciary Committee questioned the bill's sponsor, State Senator Brandon Storm, about how the law would be applied.

What we're trying to address is situations where individuals who did not consent to have their body parts studied.

This would prohibit individuals from selling those body parts.

Maybe I'm going too far down the rabbit hole here, but, for example, my dad purchased a medical practice many, many moons ago, and there were actual human skulls that I don't know where they came from, but they were, I guess, in the 50s, you know, they they regularly would get some of these things.

Would that make it a felony to transfer that if you don't know the source?

I think in your situation it refers to a a relic of the past, perhaps.

And this would be referring to individuals who were authorized for final disposition through cremation or burial.

So we're trying to make sure we're very tight on that.

How would this bill relate to.

A fetus?

Being aborted or any other reason of death?

I think if it had been authorized for final disposition through cremation or burial, very likely that would, qualify under the statute.

The abuse of the corpse Bill passed committee and now heads to the full Senate for consideration there.